Euophrys

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range| Palaeogene| Present}} | taxon = Euophrys | image = Euophrys_frontalis_01_cropped.jpg | image_caption = ''Euophrys frontalis'' (Male) | authority = C. L. Koch, 1834<ref name=wsc /> | type_species = ''E. frontalis'' | type_species_authority = (Walckenaer, 1802) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 99, see text }} '''''Euophrys''''' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1834.<ref name=Koch1834 /> The small black ''E. omnisuperstes'' lives on Mount Everest at elevations up to 6,700 meters, possibly making it the most elevated animal in the world. It lives on insects that have been blown upwards.<ref name="Mammola2017" />

==Distribution== Spiders in this genus are found in Eurasia, Africa and the Americas.<ref name=wsc />

==Description== {{see also|Glossary of spider terms}}

thumb|center|''E. kataokai'' showing large anterior median eyes typical of ''Euophrys''

==Species== <gallery mode=packed> Euophrys frontalis (49947805166).jpg|female ''E. frontalis'' Euophrys monadnock male.jpg|male ''E. monadnock'' Euophrys rufibarbis.jpg|''E. rufibarbis'' </gallery>

{{as of|2025|10}}, this genus includes 99 species and one subspecies:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Euophrys acripes'' (Simon, 1871) – Spain, France (Corsica) * ''Euophrys alabardata'' Caporiacco, 1947 – Ethiopia * ''Euophrys albimana'' Denis, 1937 – Algeria * ''Euophrys altera'' (Simon, 1868) – Spain * ''Euophrys alticola'' Denis, 1955 – France, Spain * ''Euophrys arenaria'' (Urquhart, 1888) – New Zealand * ''Euophrys arnograbollei'' Schäfer, 2022 – Canary Islands * ''Euophrys astuta'' (Simon, 1871) – Morocco * ''Euophrys baliola'' (Simon, 1871) – France (Corsica) * ''Euophrys banksi'' Roewer, 1951 – Mexico * ''Euophrys bifida'' Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa * ''Euophrys bifoveolata'' Tullgren, 1905 – Argentina * ''Euophrys canariensis'' Denis, 1941 – Canary Islands * ''Euophrys capicola'' Simon, 1901 – South Africa * ''Euophrys catherinae'' Prószyński, 2000 – Egypt * ''Euophrys cochlea'' Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa * ''Euophrys concolorata'' Roewer, 1951 – Pakistan (Karakorum) * ''Euophrys convergentis'' Strand, 1906 – Algeria, Tunisia, Libya * ''Euophrys crux'' Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru * ''Euophrys declivis'' Karsch, 1879 – Sri Lanka * ''Euophrys dhaulagirica'' Żabka, 1980 – Nepal * ''Euophrys difficilis'' (Simon, 1868) – Southern Europe * ''Euophrys elizabethae'' Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa * ''Euophrys evae'' Żabka, 1981 – India (Kashmir) * ''Euophrys everestensis'' Wanless, 1975 – China * ''Euophrys falciger'' Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa * ''Euophrys ferrumequinum'' Taczanowski, 1878 – Ecuador, Peru * ''Euophrys flavoatra'' (Grube, 1861) – Russia (Urals to Far East) * ''Euophrys friedmani'' Marusik, 2019 – Algeria, Israel * ''Euophrys frontalis'' (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan (type species) * ''Euophrys fucata'' (Simon, 1868) – Turkey * ''Euophrys gambosa'' (Simon, 1868) – Mediterranean ** ''E. g. mediocris'' Simon, 1937 – Southern Europe * ''Euophrys gracilis'' Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa, Lesotho * ''Euophrys granulata'' Denis, 1947 – Egypt * ''Euophrys griswoldi'' Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – Namibia * ''Euophrys heliophaniformis'' Dönitz & Strand, 1906 – Japan * ''Euophrys herbigrada'' (Simon, 1871) – Western, Central, Southern Europe * ''Euophrys innotata'' (Simon, 1868) – Western Mediterranean * ''Euophrys kataokai'' Ikeda, 1996 – Russia (Far East), Korea, China, Japan * ''Euophrys kawkaban'' Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen * ''Euophrys kirghizica'' Logunov, 1997 – Kyrgyzstan * ''Euophrys leipoldti'' G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – South Africa * ''Euophrys leucopalpis'' Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru * ''Euophrys leucostigma'' C. L. Koch, 1846 – Brazil * ''Euophrys limpopo'' Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa * ''Euophrys lunata'' Bertkau, 1880 – Brazil * ''Euophrys luteolineata'' (Simon, 1871) – France (Corsica) * ''Euophrys manicata'' (Simon, 1871) – Morocco * ''Euophrys marmarica'' Caporiacco, 1928 – Libya * ''Euophrys marusiki'' Wunderlich, 2023 – Portugal * ''Euophrys maseruensis'' Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – Lesotho * ''Euophrys maura'' Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru * ''Euophrys megastyla'' Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya * ''Euophrys melanoleuca'' Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Argentina * ''Euophrys menemerella'' Strand, 1909 – South Africa * ''Euophrys meridionalis'' Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa * ''Euophrys miranda'' Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa * ''Euophrys monadnock'' Emerton, 1891 – Canada, United States * ''Euophrys namulinensis'' Hu, 2001 – China * ''Euophrys nana'' Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa * ''Euophrys nanchonensis'' Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru * ''Euophrys nearctica'' Kaston, 1938 – United States * ''Euophrys nepalica'' Żabka, 1980 – Nepal, China * ''Euophrys newtoni'' G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 – Central America * ''Euophrys nigripalpis'' Simon, 1937 – Portugal, Spain, France (incl. Corsica) * ''Euophrys nigritarsis'' (Simon, 1868) – France * ''Euophrys nigromaculata'' (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria * ''Euophrys omnisuperstes'' Wanless, 1975 – India, Nepal * ''Euophrys parvireceptacula'' Wunderlich, 2025 – Portugal * ''Euophrys patellaris'' Denis, 1957 – Spain * ''Euophrys pelzelni'' Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru * ''Euophrys peruviana'' Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru * ''Euophrys pexa'' Simon, 1937 – France * ''Euophrys proszynskii'' Logunov, Cutler & Marusik, 1993 – Russia (Central Asia to Far East), Kazakhstan * ''Euophrys pseudogambosa'' Strand, 1915 – Turkey, Israel, Iran * ''Euophrys pulchella'' G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 – St. Vincent * ''Euophrys purcelli'' G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – South Africa * ''Euophrys quadricolor'' Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru * ''Euophrys quadripunctata'' (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria * ''Euophrys recta'' Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa * ''Euophrys rufibarbis'' (Simon, 1868) – Southern Europe, Algeria, Turkey, China * ''Euophrys rufimana'' (Simon, 1875) – France * ''Euophrys sanctimatei'' Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru * ''Euophrys sedula'' (Simon, 1875) – France * ''Euophrys semirufa'' Simon, 1884 – Syria * ''Euophrys sima'' Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru * ''Euophrys sinapicolor'' Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru * ''Euophrys subtilis'' Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa * ''Euophrys sulphurea'' (L. Koch, 1867) – Southern Europe, Turkey, Syria, Algeria? Iran? * ''Euophrys taiwanus'' Chen, Lin & Ueng, 2021 – Taiwan * ''Euophrys terrestris'' (Simon, 1871) – Southern Europe * ''Euophrys testaceozonata'' Caporiacco, 1922 – Italy * ''Euophrys turkmenica'' Logunov, 1997 – Turkmenistan * ''Euophrys uphami'' (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) – South Africa * ''Euophrys uralensis'' Logunov, Cutler & Marusik, 1993 – Russia, (Europe) * ''Euophrys valens'' Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 – East Africa * ''Euophrys wenxianensis'' Yang & Tang, 1997 – China * ''Euophrys ysobolii'' G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 – Guatemala * ''Euophrys yulungensis'' Żabka, 1980 – Nepal, China {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2641 | title=Gen. ''Euophrys'' C. L. Koch, 1834 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2025-10-07}}</ref> <ref name=Koch1834>{{citation| last=Koch| first=C. L.| year=1834| contribution=Arachniden| editor-last=Herrich-Schäffer| editor-first=G. A. W.| title=Deutschlands Insecten| author-link=Carl Ludwig Koch}}</ref> <ref name="Mammola2017">{{cite journal | last1=Mammola | first1=Stefano | last2=Michalik | first2=Peter | last3=Hebets | first3=Eileen A. | last4=Isaia | first4=Marco | title=Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them | journal=PeerJ | volume=5 | date=2017-10-31 | issn=2167-8359 | doi=10.7717/peerj.3972 | article-number=e3972| s2cid=29453671 | doi-access=free | pmid=29104823 | pmc=5668680 }}</ref> }}

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